Crowley Historic District

The Crowley Historic District, in Crowley in Acadia Parish, Louisiana, is a 210 acres (85 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The listing included 270 contributing buildings.[1]

Crowley Historic District
LocationLA 13 and U.S. 90, Crowley, Louisiana
Coordinates30°12′39″N 92°22′18″W
Area210 acres (85 ha)
Built1887
Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman, Queen Anne
NRHP reference No.82002751[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 12, 1982

It was deemed "significant in the area of architecture as the largest, most complete, architecturally pretentious and visually impressive example of a late-nineteenth to early-twentieth century town in a 7 parish area. These include the parishes of Acadia, Lafayette, Jefferson, Davis, Allen, Evangeline, St. Landry and Vermilion. It is the only historic town in this region in which the residential area and the commercial area are both well preserved and impressive."[2]

The 210 acres (85 ha) area historic district comprises a total of 266 buildings constructed between 1887 and 1931.[3]

It includes Bungalow/craftsman and Queen Anne architecture.[2]

The district includes the eastern part of downtown Crowley, and is roughly bounded by East 6th Street, North Avenue M, East 2nd Street, South Avenue H, East Ash Street, South Avenue G, East Mill Street and North Avenue F.[2]

It includes one seven-story early skyscraper building, the First National Bank Building (1920) on Parkerson, which stands out from the usual two- to three-story scale of buildings in its area.[2]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. Crowley Historic District Committee (including Florette Bergeron, Chairman) (March 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Crowley Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved March 21, 2019. With accompanying 176 photos from 1981
  3. "Crowley Louisiana Historic District Design Guidelines" (PDF). April 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
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